Initially, the conversation was about having learning content appear on the enterprise portal. Many LMS vendors provide portlets, gadgets or widgets that allow for access of learning content (most often meaning courses and courseware) through the corporate portal. Assuming that your learning audience regularly visits the enterprise portal, then its great to be able to show employees upcoming learning events, training requirements, content that might be of interest, or other similar things. The interface is not really even the enterprise Portal. Great move SumTotal! MORE >>

While the race is on for people to get LMSs and LCMSs, there are some people who either do not want or need a LMS/LCMS, but want to create a learning community or more often, some type of  portal – intranet or internet. They may call it a  “learning portal&# or “training or knowledge portal&# or whatever. audio/video, full text search, WebDAV support to drag and drop files for sharing, document sharing, notification and messaging support including email, SMS and portal. Offers a portal download component, too. So, what do you do? Yes and No.  MORE >>

I’ve written before about learning portals and how they can be a great way to improve access to learning materials for users. wanted to provide a more in-depth post that shows how you can create your own learning portal using the freely available content management system, WordPress. So, let’s get started… Refresher: What is a portal? learning portal is a web site that contains links to all different types of learning and training materials for employees at an organization. This tutorial will show you how to get a basic learning portal set up. MORE >>

Yet learning technology, learning portals, and learning tools are no longer synonymous with "Learning Management System" (see my previous post- " A learning portal is not an LMS "). Tags: Getting Down to Business learning portal Rapid eLearning SaaS SaaS Training virtual training I came across this list of training myths on Twitter today (courtesy of Jane Hart - @c4lpt ) and I couldn't help tossing in my two cents. So here are four more enterprise learning myths that need to be busted (feel free to chime in with your own) : Everybody in the ecosystem needs an LMS. Bring it. MORE >>

When so many potential customers are seeing the advantages of open source, creating their own learning or VLE portals or seeing the value of various social media types and incorporating them into some type of social learning community, the “do nothing&# spin is well, a time warp into the past. There is a mid segment of the vendors in the LMS/LCMS or learning portal markets that offer some features of social learning, as part of their standard system or as their “add on modules&#. As social learning continues to grow, LMS/LCMS vendors are taking various approaches.  MORE >>